Hi! I’ve posted this on the r/baking as well but I’ve been making macarons for a while and sometimes they come out sometimes not, recently they came out gorgeous (swipe for more pics) but some got ruined to cracking and lopsidedness I’ve literally done everything right!! I need to perfect these for a wedding so please help!!:
-my humidity is low in the room I make them
-I rest them to get a shell (not too hard!!)
-bake at 290° with a fan in the oven 16-18 mins
-my Italian merengue reaches stiff peaks
What I think may be causing it:
-sometimes i turn the ceiling fan on to circulate air in the room
-I bake on a tray with borders
-maybe I need to bake without the oven fan and on 300° instead?
– this last batch I only preheated the oven for 15 mins not 30+ mins
So literally what am I doing wrong?? I feel like there’s nothing left to fix?? Please help
by AdJealous3810
2 Comments
you need to turn off the convection oven fan. it blowing it to hard.
I’m pretty sure it’s the oven. I had the exact same problem, solved it by baking at a higher temp for 2 min and then lowering it, need to adjust the total baking time tho.